Why the US Army will be ‘vital’ in a fight against China
Lt. Gen. Xavier Brunson, commander of I Corps, said the Army is “vital” to the joint force — and that won’t change in a fight against China.
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Green Beret allowed to retire after sexually assaulting woman in Thailand
An Army Special Forces soldier has received a general officer memorandum of reprimand for sexually assaulting a translator in Thailand.
Navy’s toxic water crisis in Hawaii may be related to a fuel leak from 8 months ago
Navy Rear Adm. Blake Converse said the service was investigating potential ties between the current water crisis and a fuel spill last May.
The Army showed the Navy how not to mismanage the contaminated water crisis in Hawaii
While the Navy has been criticized by residents as moving too slowly and not being transparent, the Army has been praised for its response.
The Navy doesn’t know why the water on a major base smells like fuel and has no idea when it’ll be fixed
The Navy is still looking for answers after housing residents on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam reported that their water smelled like fuel.
The US practiced striking a ‘peer adversary’ in the Pacific that sounds a whole lot like China
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps rehearsed simulating strikes on naval targets for almost a week in the Indo-Pacific this month.
China’s biggest movie is about how a US Marine division held off 12 Chinese divisions
“The Battle at Lake Changjin” appears to be China’s answer to Hollywood’s approach of fictionalizing historic events.
Navy fires leaders of USS Connecticut following submarine crash into undersea mountain
The USS Connecticut’s top leaders have all been fired following an Oct. 2 collision with an underwater mountain in the South China Sea.
A few dozen airmen set up a mini airfield in the Pacific to train for a possible war with China
A few dozen airmen from Mountain Home Air Force Base set up a mini base in the Pacific to train for a war with China.
Train like you fight: Watch a North Korean soldier smash concrete with his head
The North Korean military has released a new propaganda video that shows bare-chested soldiers demolishing inanimate objects.
Sailors injured after nuclear submarine crashes into submerged object in the Pacific
Sailors on USS Connecticut suffered minor injuries over the weekend after the submarine collided with an underwater object in the Pacific.
Milley defends call to ‘very nervous’ Chinese officials who feared a US attack was imminent
Army Gen. Mark Milley told lawmakers he called his Chinese counterpart in October to assure Beijing the US was not about to attack China.
Watch an Australian C-17 weave between skyscrapers in ‘insane’ video
A Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo jet flew low between skyscrapers in Brisbane, Australia on Thursday.
Air Force secretary warns China could make ‘catastrophic mistake’ with its nuclear weapons
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall says he is “deeply concerned” that China might make a “catastrophic mistake” with its nuclear arsenal.
Why the next major war is likely to start in Taiwan
If the United States and China get into a shooting war over Taiwan, US. troops would face combat on a scale not seen since World War II.
This airman went in search of caffeine at 3 a.m. He ended up saving a life instead
“They said, ‘you know what I’m not ok, I’m not good,'” recalled Tech Sgt. Westlund. “And then they just collapsed on the ground.”
What it was like for Marines responding to one of the worst nuclear disasters in history
U.S. Marines were one of the first to respond to the historic earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown that killed 16,000 people.
The United States risks getting into another Cold War with China
If the United States is not already engaged in a new Cold War with China then it’s getting pretty damn close.
China is giving the US Navy a case of ship envy in the Pacific
The Chinese navy is on track to having three aircraft carriers and six amphibious assault ships in the Pacific by 2025.
Read the emails that reveal how Capt. Brett Crozier fought both COVID-19 and the Navy
Task & Purpose is publishing more than 1,200 pages of communications to and from Capt. Brett Crozier’s email address in March and April 2020.
Why it took us nearly a year to tell the full story of what happened to Navy Capt. Brett Crozier
Task & Purpose filed a Freedom of Act Lawsuit in April to force the Navy to release emails to and from Crozier’s email address.
The Navy tried to cast Capt. Brett Crozier as a villain. New emails reveal how much support he really had
Newly-released emails show several of Capt. Brett Crozier’s colleagues recognized that he had put the lives of his crew above his own career.
3 sailors aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt test positive for COVID-19
Three sailors aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt have tested positive for COVID-19 nearly a year after last spring’s deadly outbreak.
The Pentagon throws Navy Capt. Brett Crozier under the bus one last time
The Pentagon is taking one final shot at Capt. Brett Crozier over the deadly COVID-19 outbreak aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
Marine awarded for saving elderly woman from deadly viper attack
After an elderly woman was bitten by a deadly habu viper, a U.S. Marine intervened and provided life-saving first aid.